Comments on: A Teacher’s Essay on the Public Education System http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-7-lesson-school-teacher/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Craig Schmidt http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-7-lesson-school-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-74871 Craig Schmidt Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:46:12 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/the-7-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-74871 I agree fully with you and John Gatto. My question is can we make a difference in U.S. education? I interface with (teach) hundreds of public school teachers (and principals) every year. They seem to understand the lunacy of what is expected of them (and the kids). Why have reformers like John Gatto had such little impact on education? It seems to be getting worse. Thank you for your time. I agree fully with you and John Gatto. My question is can we make a difference in U.S. education? I interface with (teach) hundreds of public school teachers (and principals) every year. They seem to understand the lunacy of what is expected of them (and the kids). Why have reformers like John Gatto had such little impact on education? It seems to be getting worse. Thank you for your time.

]]> By: ron http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-7-lesson-school-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-72237 ron Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:25:23 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/the-7-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-72237 Great essay. I quit school after 10th as I had enough of the idiotic crap they feed. Schools are dangerous places today too. Even some colleges. Became an actor as I liked to entertain people. Did not do good in school as a kid, oh darn. Great essay. I quit school after 10th as I had enough of the idiotic crap they feed. Schools are dangerous places today too. Even some colleges. Became an actor as I liked to entertain people. Did not do good in school as a kid, oh darn.

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]]> By: T. http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-7-lesson-school-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-17085 T. Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:36:12 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/the-7-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-17085 I just read his essay a few days ago. Gatto is spot on - he definitely has my sympathies. While that partially has to do with how I'm still attending an educational institution, I will say for a fact that our pedagogical systems need a serious revolution. They're at least a century old, for goodness' sake. And it's not just that, either. The way things are run, kids get the impression that it's more important to be PERCEIVED as knowledgeable than BEING knowledgeable. Why else are students forced to take half a dozen different subjects, when they'll only enter one field? Doing badly in classes erodes self-esteem, and it's certainly not fair to punish kids in that way. I say that the true measure of educational excellence in any school is this: If kids can get 100% on their tests, papers, and exams from the instruction of their teachers alone, the school is qualified. Students shouldn't need tutors if schools are being run right. We ought not to have to spend money on tutors to teach what teachers are supposed to have already taught in class. After all, isn't teaching what we pay teachers for? I just read his essay a few days ago. Gatto is spot on – he definitely has my sympathies. While that partially has to do with how I’m still attending an educational institution, I will say for a fact that our pedagogical systems need a serious revolution. They’re at least a century old, for goodness’ sake. And it’s not just that, either. The way things are run, kids get the impression that it’s more important to be PERCEIVED as knowledgeable than BEING knowledgeable. Why else are students forced to take half a dozen different subjects, when they’ll only enter one field? Doing badly in classes erodes self-esteem, and it’s certainly not fair to punish kids in that way.

I say that the true measure of educational excellence in any school is this: If kids can get 100% on their tests, papers, and exams from the instruction of their teachers alone, the school is qualified.

Students shouldn’t need tutors if schools are being run right.

We ought not to have to spend money on tutors to teach what teachers are supposed to have already taught in class.

After all, isn’t teaching what we pay teachers for?

]]> By: Jessie http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-7-lesson-school-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-12001 Jessie Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:39:19 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/the-7-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-12001 <strong>Jessie...</strong> hi, great site! thanks for the info!... Jessie…

hi, great site! thanks for the info!…

]]> By: anonymity http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-7-lesson-school-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-9312 anonymity Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:20:51 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/the-7-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-9312 It is for these reasons as well as the fact that the more students I speak to the more I begin to worry that all school curriculums are arbitrary and meaningless and have nothing to do with learning and everything to do with passing meaningless standardized tests. Which are then compared to an arbitrary "scale" on which schools are then graded. It is for these reasons as well as the fact that the more students I speak to the more I begin to worry that all school curriculums are arbitrary and meaningless and have nothing to do with learning and everything to do with passing meaningless standardized tests. Which are then compared to an arbitrary “scale” on which schools are then graded.

]]> By: ianmack http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-7-lesson-school-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-4497 ianmack Fri, 04 May 2007 17:05:04 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/the-7-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-4497 you may also be interested in this article: http://montalk.net/conspiracy/39/the-horrors-of-public-education you may also be interested in this article:
http://montalk.net/conspiracy/39/the-horrors-of-public-education

]]> By: Allen http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-7-lesson-school-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-2534 Allen Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:35:39 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/the-7-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-2534 Bang on! Bang on!

]]> By: Holden Caulfield http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-7-lesson-school-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-2371 Holden Caulfield Sun, 08 Apr 2007 19:55:16 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/the-7-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-2371 F*ck1ng brilliant! Thanks for posting this - will acquire some Gatto books. F*ck1ng brilliant! Thanks for posting this – will acquire some Gatto books.

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